Alaska Gold Rush Diary

Chapter 87 The Gold Mining Factory Launches!

As the ore washing machine started up, a rumbling sound rang out, and the jungle seemed to suddenly become lively.

The roar of the machines can effectively scare away any crocodiles that may be in the river, which is another benefit of mechanized operations.

Because there was a lot of dry sand accumulated along the riverbank, they did not use a sand suction machine this time.

Zhou Xin shoveled up river sand and fed it into the feed inlet.

The machine operates automatically, mixing the ore and water, and then vibrating to screen it.

After passing through a series of components, as the tailings were discharged from the tail of the washing machine, Zhou Xin looked excitedly at the gold-absorbing blanket.

However, the gold-attracting carpet was completely empty; not a single grain of gold could be seen.

Zhou Xin wasn't in a hurry; he squatted down to examine the tailings.

Sure enough, the tailings smelled of gold.

It seems that the machine gold panning failed this time, and the gold was not screened out.

After a moment's thought, Zhou Xin understood the reason.

"The gold particles here are too small, so the power of the vibrator needs to be reduced."

Upon hearing his words, Edward did not hesitate, turned off the machine, and began to debug it.

After a short while, the debugging was completed, and Zhou Xin shoveled the tailings back into the feed inlet.

Another round of operation began, and he looked at the money-attracting carpet again, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

On the black gold-attracting carpet, specks of gold appeared.

Edward and Alo also showed excitement on their faces.

"We've succeeded! We've finally started harvesting gold!" Edward shouted.

However, Zhou Xin was not blinded by his current gains.

He examined the gold on the gold-attracting blanket carefully, then squatted down again to inspect the tailings.

Sure enough, the tailings still smelled of gold.

This means that the washing machines did not thoroughly remove the gold, and they missed a large amount of gold.

"The exciter power needs to be reduced a bit more, and the jig also needs adjustment," Zhou Xin instructed Edward.

When it came to the gold rush, Edward listened to Zhou Xin's every word and immediately began to make adjustments.

After the adjustments were completed, Zhou Xin, as usual, shoveled up the tailings and fed them into the machine.

This time, even more gold was attracted to the gold-attracting carpet.

However, Zhou Xin could still smell the gold in the tailings.

It needs further adjustment.

After four rounds of adjustments, Zhou Xin finally stopped smelling gold in the tailings.

"Alright, all debugging complete, we can officially start our gold mining factory now!" Zhou Xin announced happily.

Edward cheered loudly.

"I'm sure we'll reap an unimaginable harvest of gold this time!" Edward said happily.

Zhou Xin wholeheartedly agreed with his statement.

After debugging the machine, he discovered that the gold content in the silt here was even richer than he had imagined. Perhaps, this time they really would have a bumper harvest.

"Next, we need to redouble our efforts to ensure the machines run for at least ten hours a day. We need to dig up all the gold here!" Zhou Xin outlined the plans for the gold panning operation.

"No problem, I'll stay by the machine every second!" Edward said.

"Me too!" Alo, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up, expressing his determination.

Zhou Xin was very satisfied with their performance.

With the core mineral exploration task completed, the rest is now entirely up to Edward and Alo.

He didn't intend to personally oversee the gold mining factory because he had more important things to do: continue searching along the river to find all the gold deposits.

In addition, he also needed to go into the jungle to find the food they would need for their future life.

He wasn't worried about that, because the jungle was rich in resources.

Now that Edward and Alo are here, he doesn't have to do many things himself, and he can free up more time to do other things.

For example, he plans to spend a little time each day building a treehouse as a shelter in the trees by the river.

That would greatly improve their living comfort.

Moreover, he can spend more time each day practicing American Iaijutsu.

Having superior marksmanship is very useful for finding food and protecting oneself.

"Guys, keep up the good work! I'll prepare a big lunch for you!" Zhou Xin said to Edward and Alo.

"Great! After eating the lunch you made, we'll definitely have more energy to work!" Edward said with a smile.

Neither he nor Alo had any complaints about Zhou Xin not participating in the gold mining work; they considered it perfectly reasonable.

Zhou Xin is the leader of this gold mining team. His task is to lead the team to find gold and ensure that the gold mining operation proceeds smoothly.

There is no reason in any corner of the world to have leaders do grassroots work.

After giving the two a brief explanation, Zhou Xin led Logan upstream along the river.

The weather was sunny today, and Zhou Xin walked along the dry riverbed, feeling very relaxed.

The riverbed was open and unobstructed by trees, no longer feeling as oppressive as the jungle.

He even had the illusion that he was taking a walk.

He didn't stay idle along the way; instead, he would occasionally venture into the jungle to search for things that could be used as food.

The harvest was indeed quite good; he found some mushrooms, wild ginger, and a very large cassava plant.

It took him more than half an hour to dig up all the cassava, but it was well worth it because each cassava plant weighed more than ten kilograms.

Meanwhile, he also caught a lot of small crabs under the damp rocks on the riverbank.

During his walk, he also practiced American Iaijutsu by observing the birds that flew down nearby.

Shooting flying birds is obviously much more difficult than shooting fish.

Birds are more agile than fish, and their reaction and movement speeds are also faster, making them quite difficult to hit unless they are completely still.

Of course, if Zhou Xin could easily shoot down flying birds, it would mean that he had mastered American-style iaido.

The primeval forest is full of birds, so he doesn't have to worry about not having targets.

Although he failed to hit the birds in flight, the birds that landed on the branches and riverbanks were essentially fixed targets, which were no longer unattainable for him.

Therefore, he still managed to shoot four birds along the way.

He tied the birds together with rope and hung them on the back of his backpack, intending to use them for lunch.

Although the birds are not very big, they still weigh more than a pound in total.

If no larger prey is found, then birds and fish will be their most stable source of protein.

He walked for more than a kilometer, and because the river was relatively straight in this section, he did not find any new gold deposits.

He immediately turned back, intending to go back and prepare today's lunch.

As soon as they arrived at the camp, Edward excitedly showed him the morning's harvest.

"Shin, we might really strike it rich this time! The gold reserves here are unimaginable!" Edward exclaimed excitedly.

He was holding a glass jar in his hand. It was already half-filled with golden placer gold.

Roughly estimated, it's at least three or four ounces!